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How Altuve became MLB's unlikeliest slugger

The first thing you think of when you think of Houston's Jose Altuve is, "He's only 5-foot-6." Fair or unfair, baseball's most diminutive player will always have that label, if only due to never-ending pictures like this. That's been the Altuve story for most of his career: He's short, he's fast and he gets by because he hits for a high average.

That's all true! But there's also a new angle to the Altuve narrative, one that you probably never saw coming: He's also now a power hitter who has as many homers (nine) as Chris Davis or Josh Donaldson, and more than Albert Pujols, Paul Goldschmidt or Mike Trout.